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The treasury of merit or treasury of the Church (thesaurus ecclesiae; Greek: θησαυρός, thesaurós, treasure; Greek: ἐκκλησία, ekklēsía‚ convening, congregation, parish) consists, according to Catholic belief, of the merits of Jesus Christ and his faithful, a treasury that because of the communion of saints benefits others, too. [1]
The position has powers and responsibilities similar to those of the United States Secretary of the Treasury and the Treasurer of the United States, or the chief financial officer of a corporation. Current state treasurers or equivalents
The Apostolic Camera (Latin: Camera Apostolica), formerly known as the Papal Treasury, was an office in the Roman Curia.It was the central board of finance in the papal administrative system and at one time was of great importance in the government of the States of the Church and in the administration of justice, [1] led by the Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, originally known as ...
A treasurer is elected by the two houses at every regular meeting of General Convention. [6] The treasurer formulates the budget of the Episcopal Church, receives and disburses all money collected under the authority of the convention, and with the approval of the Presiding Bishop invests surplus funds. [7]
In the view of some Americans, separation of church and state is a wall that means that Christians (particularly) shouldn’t attempt to influence voters or elected officials; Christians shouldn ...
In that role, he wrote in a 2006 editorial that the ACLU and its allies had used what he called the "misleading" separation of church and state "metaphor" to intimidate public officials and to ...
The form of admission to office has two parts: the future incumbent is first authorised by the bishop to exercise the spiritual responsibilities (institution or collation – see below), the second puts him in possession of the "temporalities" (induction) which he receives at the hands of the archdeacon or his deputy.
The U.S. Supreme Court has in several recent cases chipped away at the separation of church and state. In one series of three related cases, the court opened the door to taxpayer money being ...